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AAAC 76C
Large Member
- Location
- LIVING THE DREAM
Both you and Bill seem to loose watts on the climb and I don't.
That all said I had a funny day today, and not Ha Ha funny.
My legs were lead and my heart was on a go slow.
I should ditch my HRM as I am getting too paranoid about my heart rate.
If it doesn't seem to be going up enough I get worried and the same if it hits 162 all be it I can still hit 172 for very short periods.
Anyway my starting tactic was to stick with @bridgy 's ghost and challenge it on the climb.
Well it seemed at least 3 people had a different idea so I was happy to tag along.
When it was reduced to myself and the real @bridgy it became quite a quest, heavy legs and heart paranoia were soon joined by my prostrate (which has been unhappy all this week anyway) deciding that it didn't like my new saddle so I arrived at the foot of the main climb hopeful that I could a) get a chance to stand up for a while and b) set a tempo that @bridgy could not stay with.
A&B both worked but my legs were getting heavier and my HR was not climbing so when I got close to the top I unleashed all I had and within what seemed seconds 161 was on the screen and the climb was over.
By this time my legs had gone from lead heavy to kryptonite heavy so I decided enough was enough and it was time to enjoy the downhill run home.
Unfortunately is was not all downhill and then rwith 1.5 km to run I looked at the elapsed time and saw 1:02 .
I though @bridgy had finished in 1:02 something on Thursday so it crossed my mind it was not his Thursday ghost that was behind me rather a slower one so I made a dash for the line.
The below says I beat @bridgy but I am also sure he was 2 seconds ahead of me!
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AAAC 76C
Large Member
- Location
- LIVING THE DREAM
The line is the line in the NC @bridgy. Your position is not based on time, just the line.
Bit like a real race, you don't get points for starting late, ask Pedro Delgado (1988 TdF winner but not in 89 when he turned up almost 3 minutes late for his ITT start).
bobinski
Legendary Member
- Location
- Tulse Hill
AAAC, I do wonder sometimes if you have a bevvy of beautiful nurses to put you together, 6 million dollar man style, before a race
you know, massaging your chest, perhaps even your per...no I cannot type that out
Are the pictures you use for your Avatar in fact your nurses? 
Seriously mate, You are an example to the older athlete, in fact all of us.
Just been reviewing the league so far, and it looks like the team will most likely be @AAAC 76C, @CXRAndy , @TurboTommy and myself, plus either @BILL S , @peterob or @JJRobinson. As jjrobinson and peterob haven't yet set a time on stage4 it will probably come down to what they can do on that stage and how it compares to Bill's time of 1:11:18. Peterob with his nose ahead after stages 1-3 but still all to play for.......let us know how you get on guys!
<Tommy>
Illegitimi non carborundum
- Location
- Camden, London
Talk about mixed emotions...
The way I was feeling halfway round I was just determined to cross the line for my own pride. Dead legs, heart rate going crackers and huffing and puffing like no mans business!
But then the legs decided to join the party! Better late then never eh. And Bill gave me a real boost just before the hill and I though “f#ck it, may as well bury myself and see what happens!”. I couldn’t believe it when I saw bill’s group at the top of the hill. When they’d dumped me near the start I never expected to see them again. Now within minutes I’d gone from riding for pride and trying to consolidate as much as possible, to being in a position where I could put some time into the people around me!
And then it happened... even when the screen froze I thought it would sort itself out. After a couple of minutes I thought “well that’s the time I clawed back gone, but just let me cross the bloody line!!
I’m glad I stepped away from the keyboard for a couple of hours because I feel a lot more philosophical now. These things happen to everyone from time to time. I’ve got one more window of opportunity to get this done. Tomorrow is London zoo with a bunch of four year old lunatics. But Monday will be BKOOL judgement day!
The way I was feeling halfway round I was just determined to cross the line for my own pride. Dead legs, heart rate going crackers and huffing and puffing like no mans business!
But then the legs decided to join the party! Better late then never eh. And Bill gave me a real boost just before the hill and I though “f#ck it, may as well bury myself and see what happens!”. I couldn’t believe it when I saw bill’s group at the top of the hill. When they’d dumped me near the start I never expected to see them again. Now within minutes I’d gone from riding for pride and trying to consolidate as much as possible, to being in a position where I could put some time into the people around me!
And then it happened... even when the screen froze I thought it would sort itself out. After a couple of minutes I thought “well that’s the time I clawed back gone, but just let me cross the bloody line!!
I’m glad I stepped away from the keyboard for a couple of hours because I feel a lot more philosophical now. These things happen to everyone from time to time. I’ve got one more window of opportunity to get this done. Tomorrow is London zoo with a bunch of four year old lunatics. But Monday will be BKOOL judgement day!
I did get the feeling you weren't quite yourself in the long flat section before the climb as you weren't pulling me along in the way you sometimes do and were a bit more willing to sit in my draft than usual. This is all relative of course as we still set a really good pace!
AAAC 76C
Large Member
- Location
- LIVING THE DREAM
AAAC, I do wonder sometimes if you have a bevvy of beautiful nurses to put you together, 6 million dollar man style, before a race
Seriously mate, You are an example to the older athlete, in fact all of us.
Thank you Sir but my Avatars are as much a fantasy as the Six Million Dollar Man (Steve Austin, we can rebuild him) was in his day.
On the contrary my eye sight is shot as is my hearing.
But thanks for the idea.
Edit: And my brain!
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AAAC 76C
Large Member
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- LIVING THE DREAM
I was well aware of the pain to come.
I thought the whole time on the approach that we were both riding a cagey race.
Randyberlin
Guru
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- Sitka, Alaska
@keithaitch
My stage 4 time is 1:40:35.
I'm too lazy to fire up a device to edit the spreadsheet myself. Thanks
My stage 4 time is 1:40:35.
I'm too lazy to fire up a device to edit the spreadsheet myself. Thanks
AAAC 76C
Large Member
- Location
- LIVING THE DREAM
Well it is the weekend Randy and that is a little bit like work.
AAAC 76C
Large Member
- Location
- LIVING THE DREAM
1:38:42 for me but I had a mare!
Thursday's ride was cut short on the hill as the belt on the Kickr snapped. Put another on today and did the re-run (earlier than others) to set a time. Was going OK until I got the 8-10% sections on the hill when the belt started slipping
Don't get wheel slip on the Pro so mega frustrating to get it on the Kickr. I was about 1 min 20 secs behind Del at that point and closing in ... anyway, got off the bike and tightened up the belt further and this seemed to help. I'm now 6 mins down on Del so not great 
I then hit a 4.7% section (which had followed a -3%) section, and the resistance on the trainer stayed like I was on a downhill. Problem is, I was spinning out so couldn't push much watts. As such Bkool was seeing my 90 watts, on a 4.7% incline and setting my speed as something silly like 5 kph ... needless to say everyone else on the ride just zoomed past me - probably lost another minute on that section. Then, on the final -13% the resistance stayed high so I'm having to grind my way 'up' a -13% down ... FFS, more time lost.
After these frustrations I was shot on the downhill sections and nothing left in the legs. Ave watts by now had dropped below 220 (watts were over 240 when I started to get the belt slippage).
A frustrating ride, all in all
Even in bkool watts that would be bl00dy impressive!!
